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The question I'm asking myself is: don't people who work for a Musk company want to resign? I'd feel sick to my stomach going to work every morning.
I feel that way even not working for Elon. I do it because I need money.
My cousin works for Tesla and he absolutely despises Musk and the company, but he makes way more than he could anywhere else and is able to work remotely from his home in Canada. He also just bought a house so he needs that money.
He's got the golden handcuffs
Are there people who don't feel that way every morning?
I don't. I like my employer, they like me. My company isn't involved in anything disgusting or morally questionable. The products we make aren't used for military purposes. The owners of the company are nice, decent, hard-working people.
I have a decent salary but probably below par for my age and experience. But the pleasure of waking up every morning looking forward to go to work outweighs the difference.
I dunno... Maybe I'm a minority.
In the same exact boat except Worked for a small company with a private owner and I took a jump to a giant corp (for the money) and absolutely hated every second of my life while I was there. Went out for a beer with my old boss, (the owner) a few months in and told him my current stateof mind. I didn't ask or discuss coming back but the next day he sent me a new job offer with things more catered to my own personal goals and a bit of a pay bump.
I returned, It was never awkward I really enjoy going to work. I feel valued and when I left it made both the owner and I realize how much we benefit each other. I don't have to take work home with me or ever stress about it. He's super flexible with time off and if something comes up with my kids.
This allows me to persue things that interest me. I've learned c+ c# and some angular and made a crappy indie game. Ive learned the piano, guitar and how to sing. I'm starting a cover band with friends and none of this would have been possible because I would have been mentally and physically drained at the other place.
That value alone is hard to put a price on I just didn't know until I hopped ship.
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Yes, you are a very lucky minority. I would bet that 95% of humanity doesn't like their job and 70% hates it. For the vast majority of people, work is a place where you go and somebody pays you to do something you don't want to do.
I like my job in the sense of the overall purpose fulfilled each day, and I enjoy the logistical challenges I often face. What makes me not like coming to work and more and more looking forward to retirement is dealing with the people. Some of the workers, most of the management, and having to make things happen despite higher up decisions made for the company.
The great thing is that for the most part each day is its own thing, so I rarely have to walk into the next week and dread a continuing issue rolling over. It's always new problems for that day to resolve, and I don't mind the ones that normally come with the job. Just the ones created by those in charge that seemingly have never set foot in the field to see how their spreadsheet numbers really affect things.
I teach recent immigrants the language spoken here and work at a medium sized chain bakery. Both are pretty good.
I don't like where I am for a variety of reasons but not even close to being so severe that I feel sick going to work or about what my work is contributing to. I had that experience once(in college) and quit within a month...thankfully I could at that point. But I would never stop looking for something else if my job sucked that bad.
Probably pays really well. Well enough to forget your conscience.